The faint whiff of sandalwood that just brushed against my heart,

was it the memory of a tender moment

or

a god who has lost his way?

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Will someone who knows these verities
please tell me what is more sacred:

the pursuit of a beautiful woman

or

drinking to the memory of a fleeting moment?

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If long ago the guru paara was made to bend for aesthetic and earthy reasons

is it not true that today the material turning directs it to spectacle and illusion?

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Isn't it true that the most endearing of memorabilia are

pieces from torn love letters

and heart-soaked handkerchiefs?

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Isn't unrequited love 

the timeless tale of 

seeing the beloved as rain 

even as the beloved sees you 

as drought?

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Do they know, those who rob others of their birth right that they were never born and that theft is their own death warrant?

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Who is the first moth to burn in the fire of afterlife, the dictator or her colonial master?

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